Council pledges no job cuts in tourism shake-up

The Gympie Regional Council says no staff at Gympie Cooloola Tourism (GCT) will lose their jobs as a result of the council taking over the role of promoting tourism in the region.

Mayor Ron Dyne met the GCT board yesterday to discuss the transition of tourism promotion to the council.

Councillor Dyne says all existing contracts will be honoured and there will be no job cuts.

"Staff are assured of continued employment and any contracts that were entered into by GCT - no-one's disadvantaged," he said.

"I believe that the current board is a very professional organisation and most of them are tourist operators and they are keen to see that tourism is still supported in the area and that visitations are increased into the Gympie regional area."

Cr Dyne says it will be a smooth transition.

"The intent is that council will have a tourism advisory group - that mightn't be the exact name - but we have an economic advisory group and the intent is that a similar operation will occur in the tourism [area] so that people with good business backgrounds and also tourism backgrounds will be available to provide input into the way that tourism is conducted," he said.